Vung Tau (VNVUT)

The commercial port is located 5km E from Vung Tau city on the Dinh River. The principal imports are general cargo, machinery oil drilling chemicals and equipment. Exports include agricultural products and timber logs. There are the PTSC and Vietsov petro ports with oil and gas facilities near Thang Nhut and Cat Lo, also an FPSO export vessel within the port area.

China Sea Seasonal Tropical Area, Tropical Jan 21 to Apr 30, Summer May 1 to Jan 20.

Vung Tau Port is situated at the entrance to the estuary made up of the Sai Gon, Thi Vai and Dinh Rivers, on the SE coast of Vietnam.

LOA 200m, beam 32m, draught 10.3m, 63,350DWT.

Approx 190,000t of cargo, 300TEU and 500 vessels handled annually.

Well protected anchorage during the NE monsoon is available in Vung Tau bay. Anchorage area as follows: ..... 1. On the left side of the channel from Buoy No 1 to Buoy No 5 used for all vessels greater than 2,000DWT. 2. On the right side of the channel from Buoy No 1 to Buoy No 5 used for all vessels less than 2,000DWT. 3. All tankers, gas and dangerous cargo vessels to anchor or transit cargo at Ganh Rai Gulf for vessels entering Vung Tau port and Thieng Lieng Gulf reserves for vessels to Saigon port. 4. All vessels arriving in the pilot station must communicate with Vung Tau Port Control 4 hours prior to arrival on VHF Ch 16, 69 (working) and Ch 08. Anchorage position will be appointed by Vung Tau Port Control. 5. When a vessel leaves Vung Tau waters, Master must inform Vung Tau Port Control by VHF. In Vung Tau anchorage area, there are some stakes on the right side of the channel. The range of tide is high and the current strong so all vessels should avoid drifting onto the stakes or entering shallow water. Caution: When anchoring at Vung Tau port all vessels should maintain a strict watch on deck and monitor VHF Ch 16 paying particular attention at night to drifting vessels and small vessels coming alongside. Vessels at anchor should be aware of the following: ..... 1. All vessels waiting to enter Saigon port must fly signal flag No 1 at the foremast. 2. All vessels waiting to transit the Mekong River must fly signal flag No 2 at the foremast. 3. All vessels waiting to enter Saigon port may be inspected by Vung Tau Harbour Master (if requested by the vessel's Master). Transhipment / Anchorages: ..... No/name Notes Go Gia General Cargo Transhipment Anchorage Area: Position 1 General, <10,000DWT, 10°31.4'N 107°03.3'E Position 2 General, <20,000DWT, 10°31.4'N 106°59.4'E Position 3 General, <30,000DWT, 10°31.5'N 106°59.5'E Position 4 General, <50,000DWT, 10°31.5'N 106°59.5'E Cambodia Transit Area: Position 1 Air draught less than 30m, draught less than 4.2m (dry season), 5.0m (rainy season). Vessels should use ship's derrick or shore cranes. Ganh Rai Transhipment Area: Ganh Rai Transhipment Area Depth 15.0m, 60,000DWT, consists of 14 anchorage positions used by tankers, gas carriers and dangerous goods vessels. A position also available for passenger vessels. Bach Ho Crude Oil Export Terminal: FSO No 1 Bava Max LOA 250m, beam 42m, draught 15.0m, less than 110,000DWT FSO No 2 Chi Linh Max LOA 250m, beam 42m, draught 15.0m, less than 110,000DWT FSO No 3 Chi Lang Max LOA 250m, beam 42m, draught 15.0m, less than 110,000DWT FSO No 4 VSP 01 Max LOA 250m, beam 42m, draught 15.0m, less than 110,000DWT

The petroleum and gas facility near Thang Nhut, and Cat Lo, are both approached and entered via the dredged buoyed channel, average depth 9.0m. There are more buoys reported than charted. This channel crosses the bar of Song Dinh; the bar is about 0.7nm across and has fishing stakes on it. Light beacons aligned 096° lead across the bar. There is a turning basin in the river off the petroleum and gas facility.

International Chart Series Pacific Ocean - S China Sea Int 508. BA 1059, 1100, 1261, 3986, 8259, 8260. Admiralty Pilot NP30, NP286(6).

Loading of vessel at the terminal shall be completed only by way of tandem mooring. The general mooring pattern is as follows: On near approach to the FPSO, a field support vessel will approach the lifting vessel to pickup a messenger line (150m x 72mm) from the bow of the vessel and connect it to the pickup rope messenger of the mooring hawser/ chafe chain (76mm) assembly. The mooring hawser/ chafe chain assembly will be heaved aboard and the chafe chain secured by means of a chain stopper (200t SWL).

Pilotage is compulsory for all foreign vessels that enter or leave the port of Vung Tau, during day time hours only. Vessels should request pilotage 24 hours in advance. Pilot boards in position 10°20.45'N 107°02.75'E (off the Baie des Cocotiers). Pilotage is also provided for the following: ..... 1. Crudex "No Wharf" (export crude oil) port 2. Petroleum and gas service port (10°23.6'N 107°05.9'E) 3. Cat Lo port (10°24.8'N 107°08.0'E).

The seaward limits of the port are bounded by the following co-ordinates: ..... Latitude Longitude 1. 10°19.0'N 107°04.0'E 2. 10°18.0'N 107°06.0'E 3. 10°18.0'N 107°00.0'E 4. 10°24.0'N 107°00.0'E 5. 10°25.0'N 106°58.0'E The river boundaries are defined by the following co-ordinates: Latitude Longitude Go Gia River 10°34.5'N 106°58.6'E Thi Vai River 10°37.5'N 107°00.3'E Chava River 10°24.8'N 107°06.5'E Dinh River 10°27.8'N 107°09.0'E

Exclusion zone: 2nm centred on FPSO "Ruby Princess". Vessels are prohibited from entering this zone until they have contacted the terminal and received permission. Permission is only granted just prior to the proposed berthing of the export tanker. Operational conditions for offloading tanker moored as follows: ..... 3.5m 10s 6.5m 1.5kts Criteria for tandem mooring operations 4.0m 35kts Vessels are permitted to navigate at night (1800-0500hrs) as follows: 1. Cruise ships LOA less than150m 2. Oil/gas/chemical tankers without cargo 3. Other vessels Draught less than 9.5m 4. Depending on LOA vessels will be allowed to navigate on each segment of the channel as follows: a. Vung Tau - Thieng Lieng and vice versa Less than 190m b. Vung Tau - Nha Be and vice versa Less than 175m c. Vung Tau - In port and vice versa Less than 160m

The main current tends to follow the monsoon wind direction, at up to 5kts on the surface. The tidal range is 1.0m to 1.4m.

Available with power of 2,800hp. The use of field support vessels for mooring and offloading hose handling is compulsory and under the supervision of the Mooring Master. For control and static tow function, one of the field support vessels will make fast at the stern of the lifting vessel for the entire lifting operation from approach and mooring until crude oil transfer has been completed, and the lifting vessel has finally unmoored and at a safe distance from the FPSO. The lifting vessel will provide a good towing rope of at least 10in circumference. The second vessel will provide other operational support, floating hose deployment, personnel transfer and for emergency response. Available at Cat Lo (Vieco) Port. 1 x 1,200hp, 1 x 1,8000 hp.

Prevailing wind: NE'ly (winter- Nov to Mar); SW'ly (summer - Apr to Oct). Typhoons are generally of only moderate intensity averaging 8 per year. The winter months are subject to prevalent strong winds, commencing sharply in October. This period is also subject to monsoonal surges which may be associated with winds up to 50kts. This is likely to affect mooring and offtake operations. Wave response follows the wind pattern, with winter wave height generally remaining above 1.5-2.0m and reaching to greater than 5.0m during monsoonal surges, where heavy swell patterns dominate. Precipitation: The norm is 1,200mm-1,400mm annually, mainly falling during summer. Temperature: Air 21°C to 38°C; water 24°C to 34°C

VUNG TAU 10°20.42'N 107°04.11'E UNCTAD LOCODE: VN VUT ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

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WEEKLY CORRECTIONS FROM UKHO NtM WEEK 27/15 Vung Tau Port Authority, (RSDRA2015000121883), 27/15 ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________

Saigon Radio, callsign "XVS", HF: Tx 6224kHz, 8294kHz. Vung Tau Radio, callsign "XVR" HF: Tx 6522kHz, Rx 6221kHz. VHF: Harbour Master and agent (VOSA): Ch 16; 09. Pilots: Ch 16; 06, 14.

Customs: Officers and crew have to declare their personal effects to Customs as required. This includes foreign exchange, accompanied baggage and goods. The Customs allowances for officers and crew are a max of 1.5 litres of alcohol, a max of 400 cigarettes, 50-100 cigars, a max of 100gm of tobacco. Wine, beer and cigarettes are supplied to crew through local agent. Penalties for non compliance are based upon individual circumstances. The bonded store will be sealed while a vessel stays in the port. A release of bonded goods may be permitted at any time subject to Customs approval and presence onboard. Crew/passengers are not allowed to sell or exchange their personal effects, which are already declared to Customs, with local people. It is strictly prohibited to supply any bonded goods to shore personnel. The following are prohibited from import/export: Weapons, explosives, drugs, antiques, documents relating to national security, cultural articles which may cause harm to Vietnam morality.

The following documents are required on arrival by Customs, Immigration, Health, Harbour Master: ..... Document Copies For 1. Last Port Clearance 1 Harbour Master 2. Declaration of Arrival/Departure 4 All parties 3. Crew List 7 All parties 4. Passenger List (if any) 7 All parties 5. Crew Personal Effects List 2 Customs 6. Foreign Currency List 2 Customs 7. Provisions List 3 Customs & Health 8. Deck Stores List 2 Customs 9. Engine Stores List 2 Customs 10. Bonded Stores List 2 Customs 11. Ship's Property List 2 Customs 12. Articles Forbidden to be used in Port 2 Immigration 13. Inward/outward Cargo Manifest 7 Customs 14. Transit Cargo Manifest 1 Customs 15. Health Declaration 1 Health 16. Vaccination Books for each crew member 1 Health 17. Voyage Memo 1 Harbour Master Ship's documents submitted to Harbour Master as follows: ..... 1. Ship Safety Construction Certificate 2. Ship Nationality Certificate and Navigation Certificate 3. International Load Line Certificate 4. International Tonnage Certificate 5. Safety Radio Telephony Certificate 6. Safety Equipment Certificate 7. International vaccination Certificates for crew/passengers 8. Ship Sanitation Control or Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate 9. Seaman's passport/Seaman Book of crew and passenger's passports 10. Transit Cargo Manifest 11. Zoological and Botanical Transit Cargo Manifest 12. Certificates of Competency of officers and engineers 13. Certificates of Proficiency in Survival Craft 14. Foreign currency declaration and invoices 15. International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate. There are other special forms to be completed that are delivered by the vessel's agent before or upon vessel's arrival at the pilot station. In the case of a cruise ship, vessel's agent must mail the Entry/Exit cards for passenger completion before arrival. If stowaways are onboard the Master must inform the Port Authority and vessel's agent 72, 36 and 24 hours prior to arrival with full details.

Initial ETA should be sent to the vessel's appointed agent on departure from last port. This message will be passed to the Harbour Master by the agent. Additional ETA's should be sent each 48 hours after departure from the last port and then 72, 36, 24, 12, 6 and 4 hours prior to arrival. The ETA message should contain: ..... 1. Vessel's name, port of registry, nationality, callsign, vessel type 2. Ship's particulars (DWT, GT, NT, etc) 3. Crew/passengers onboard and stowaways onboard, if any (this is very important) 4. Last Port of Call 5. LOA, breadth, draughts forward and aft, air restriction 6. Vessel's cargo gear and capacity of each 7. Quantity/quality of cargo, condition and property of goods 8. Other information concerning dangerous, over weight, over length cargo In the 4 hours prior to arrival message, the Master has to declare exact arrival time and health situation of crew members and passengers. Must also declare sickness or mortality onboard, if any. Owner's or charterers should also advise other relevant cargo related information to the vessel's nominated agent before arrival.

Vietnam regulations require vessels entering a Vietnamese port to display the Vietnam flag. If the vessel does not possess a Vietnamese flag, the Master can request the local agent to supply it on arrival at the pilot station. Penalty for non compliance is approx US$100-200.

All vessels arriving and departing from Vung Tau must comply with regulation 13/CP of Vietnamese Government and Maritime Code. The main/emergency radio transmitter and direction finder will be sealed when the vessel is in port. No direct communications are therefore possible so all messages must be routed through the vessel's agent.

Pratique cannot be applied for by radio. It is normally applied for after the Quarantine delegation have viewed all the vessel's documents related to health (such as Health Declaration, Vaccination books, Ship Sanitation Control Certificate) and then granted.Ship Sanitation Control and Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificates may be renewed.

The NOR should be tendered when the vessel arrives at the pilot station.